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well rounded & well grounded

Hi teacher,

Please help me with bold phrases "well rounded" and "well grounded" and if possible, change the following sentences in another words so that it would be simpler to me.

The School believes in the development of well rounded educated individuals that are "well grounded" and ethically sound so as to be able to contribute actively to the community at large in a positive manner

Re: well rounded & well grounded

In this context "well rounded" means "versatile" or "many-sided", that is having good (enough) knowledge of various subjects.

A "well grounded" individual has a working knowledge of a certain field.

All in all, the school tries to educate their students so that they have a broad enough knowledge of various subjects in their field, while at the same time the knowledge of those subjects is good enough to be used in practice.

If that didn't make it clear enough, just say so and I (or someone else, I'm sure) will elaborate some more.

Re: well rounded & well grounded

Please help me with bold phrases "well rounded" and "well grounded" and if possible, change the following sentences in another words so that it would be simpler to me.

The School believes in the development of well rounded educated individuals that are "well grounded" and ethically sound so as to be able to contribute actively to the community at large in a positive manner

thanks in advance

I agree with Dave's take on "well-grounded". In this context it is associated with sound ethics.

Re: well rounded & well grounded

Fair enough. Could you explain why you think that "well grounded" in this context doesn't mean "having a good basic understanding (of a certain field etc.)" because I don't see it.

Like Mike said, it is associated with "ethics" in this passage. You want a person who has a level head and good ethics. "Anding" ethics with a good background in a academic subject doesn't make sense.

And if you were to say someone was well-grounded in an academic field you would mention the field. You wouldn't talk in general about it. If they meant to say the students had a firm foundation in their chosen field, they would say something like "well-grounded in their fields of study."

Re: well rounded & well grounded

Originally Posted by emsr2d2

If you only somewhat understood, what problems are you still having? We like to know that our answers have been completely understood.

Thanks a lot for your attention "emsr2d2"
I understood phrase 'well rounded' but i'm not sure enough about phrase 'well grounded', actually I can not judg about it and need some more clarification
Thanks again